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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 642 By: Pugh of the Senate
and
Roberts (Dustin) of the
House
An Act relating to schools; requiring each public
school district and public charter school to provide
students in certain grades certain opportunity to
take certain assessment and consult with certain
recruiter; requiring test to be administered during
certain hours; requiring certain information to be
provided to students in certain grades and their
parents or legal guardians; allowing certain
alternative test to be administered; providing for
codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE ST ATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.508 -5 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Beginning in the 2021 -2022 school year, each public school
district and public charter school shall provide students in grades
ten through twelve an opportunity to take the Armed Services
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Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test and consult with a military
recruiter.
B. The ASVAB test shall be scheduled during normal school day
hours at a time that limits conflicts with extracurricular
activities.
C. Each public school district and public charter school shall
provide each student in grades ten through twelve and his or her
parent or legal guardian with the date, time and location of the
scheduled administration of the ASVAB test.
D. A public school district and public charter school may elect
not to provide the ASVAB test if the district or charter school
provides an alternative t est that:
1. Assesses a student ’s aptitude for success in a career field
other than a career field that requires postsecondary education;
2. Is free to administer;
3. Requires minimal training and support of district or charter
school faculty and staff to administer the test; and
4. Provides the student with a professional interpretation of
the test results that allows the student to explore occupations that
are consistent with his or her interests and skills and to develop
strategies to attain career g oals.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason where of this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COMMON EDUCATION, dated 04/06/2021
- DO PASS.